WXmanTim 88 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hours of Portland and national news from CBS in 1983. At the end of this linked clip is 18 seconds of a close to some Montana newscast. Any clue as to which station? My best guess is KECI-13 Missoula. They're the only station I can think of that would reference both Butte and Kalispell reporters in their credits. KECI operates a semi-satellite in both Butte (KTVM-6/42) and Kalispell (KCFW-9). KPAX-8 Missoula would likely have had reporters in Kalispell during that period, but sister-station KXLF-4 Butte operates independently of KPAX (and in fact pre-dates KPAX by several years). Additionally, there was not a full-time ABC affiliate in western Montana until 1991. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 My best guess is KECI-13 Missoula. And I found one of the people in the credits on LinkedIn—the news director, who began working there in 1983. The newscast name appears to be WMNews — a name I cannot find anywhere. That has to be incredibly rare material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneManHerd 553 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Here's a real treat. A parable (yes, a parable) about Knoxville's affiliation switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 What did I just watch? I think that's the worst explanation of an affiliation change I've ever, ever seen. Puerto Rico calling: WORA "Telecinco en Las Noticias" opt-out, 1995: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Here's an interesting compilation of news opens used by Germany's ZDF from 1963 to the present: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Since everyone was doing compilations, I figured I should join in. ALMOST every Inside Edition open since debut [with a tidbit here and there] [yt] [/yt] Try this link if vid above doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Put some new video up on Wednesday January 25, 1994 NBC Nightly News Promo (Kids Who Kill: part of a series of reports called "America the Violent"): January 25, 1994 Today Show Clip (Bryant Gumbel interviews A.C. Green) November 10, 1988 NBC News at This Hour (Connie Chung; only repeat in this group) March 23, 1992 NBC Nightly News Clip (the main feature being a report on the early stages of Ross Perot's Presidential campaign) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 A WAFF promo from 1984. What's the promo theme? (another good promo: — what is it referencing, July 30?) WKTV in 1980 with Bill Worden and "TV 2 News": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jeMoyBqhM KMBC in 1985 during the short-lived Spirit of Kansas City era: And in 1987 with TVbD graphics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Second half of a KOSA-TV/Odessa, TX evening newscast from 1978. The close features Neil Diamond's "Crunchy Granola Suite". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 KTVI, 1987 with Yours Truly (no surprise): WBRC in 1989: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 KTVI, 1987 with Yours Truly (no surprise): Wow, dig that music package. What a great close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 WTKR Eyewitness News update during the 1994 Winter Olympics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 An odd piece of TV history, the second WKAQ ID in this clip circa 1970-71: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tWZhUUYZw4 The reason it's really odd is because I can't find ANY evidence that the 20 and 22 stations were in operation. Their history goes back to 1960s construction permits/stations: WITA-30 San Juan (which had been on the air at one point but went dark in 1967), WITB-22 Mayagüez and WITP-20 Ponce. In 1970, a sale was proposed to United Hemisphere TV, owner of a motion picture studio on the island. El Imparcial, the seller, changed the stations' callsigns to WUHT, WUHM and WUHP. But the FCC then dismissed the sale in 1971. The stations were probably never built, and new licensees built all of the allocations in the 80s: WRWR-30 San Juan (signed on 1984), WKPV-20 Ponce (1985) and WNJX-22 Mayagüez (1986). Perhaps a sale fell through and the plan was to turn 20 and 22 into repeaters of WKAQ, and it came so close to happening that they actually made an ID? ———— In incredibly poor quality, but KOAA in 1987 with VTS' NewScore. Note the ID with the new six-feathered peacock but the logo has the Proud N in a 3D animation!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Back to the mainland, here the first 5 minutes include footage from WFLA and a WTSP news open from 1990: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Back to the mainland, here the first 5 minutes include footage from WFLA and a WTSP news open from 1990: The One for All! Wow, WTSP's implementation of that package has to be the best of any station. Interesting to see there's no time or talent on the open, but that's because this aired after Monday Night Football (the date was a Monday) and apparently after midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 The One for All! Wow, WTSP's implementation of that package has to be the best of any station. I've been dying to find more talent opens from that era. It was WTSP's best overall image. Hope to find a full weeknight talent open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 KXTX news update, 1991: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 WTVJ 1986 news promo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 KGTV, San Diego; on the day Delta Flight 191 crashed in Dallas, 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svi-q4Y95ZQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Crommy5 is back! I never saw this, a KREM promo from 1985 with "We're the Team" imaging. Watch for the KING mug at :24! I don't recall seeing this KREM 1985 close, either: Or this different KREM 1985 promo (I've heard the background bed before, somewhere): Most of the material up for now is KREM stuff, but I imagine the KXLY and KHQ material will return soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 WTVO in 1993 with the WTVO/WLNS Young stations theme: A snippet of WIFR from the period. The NMSA just said they used The Coast's People You Can Count On. Even their logo matched KDLH: For a time in the 90s, KBJR had no full 10pm news and a taped five-minute broadcast, "Topline News at Ten": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxvilleTVFan 285 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Florida State vs. Pittsburgh (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgSZp-3rxag (scroll to 3:00:53 for a rare WECA news open from 1980 and includes a story on the Florida State/Pittsburgh from the newscast after the game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxvilleTVFan 285 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Also...Florida State/LSU (1983) - (scroll to 4:28:23 for a WBRZ news tease that features a theme used by WCHS/KTNV during the mid 1980s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Also...Florida State/LSU (1983) - (scroll to 4:28:23 for a WBRZ news tease that features a theme used by WCHS/KTNV during the mid 1980s) Oh fun, that People You Can Count On theme! We've had an image song for WBRZ with it for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 KSFY's Eyewitness News newsbreaks in 1992 with the WPTV 1989 theme: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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